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From: antitux@netscape.com (John Dee)
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Netscape Packages
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 17:25:53
Message-Id: 3CB75EE1.8020609@netscape.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Netscape Packages by Spider
1 read the whole thread.
2
3 Spider wrote:
4 > the main reason I see against it is that for all that I see there's no
5 > way around the cute graphical installer. And, because of that its
6 > unlikely that you'll ever get it to work without user intervention.
7 >
8 > one could of course make it download the individual files, modify the
9 > ini' and instruct the user to run the installer themselves.
10 >
11 >
12 > //Spider
13 >
14 >
15 > begin quote
16 > On Fri, 12 Apr 2002 11:32:59 -0700
17 > antitux@××××××××.com (John Dee) wrote:
18 >
19 >
20 >>I was looking at your netscape packages, and was wondering why you
21 >>guys weren't using the 6.x series. The reason I ask, is that the 4.x
22 >>series probably won't have another release (I'm the *NIX build
23 >>engineer on the project).
24 >>I'm also one of the build engineers on the 6.x project.
25 >>Also, if needed, I could make a 6.x package for you guys. It really
26 >>wouldn't take much to do.
27 >>The only thing that might be a problem is the fact I don't know
28 >>portage yet (I've been using gentoo a total of about 3 days).
29 >>I *COULD* supply you guys with a tarball, and instructions, if you
30 >>want.
31 >>
32 >>_______________________________________________
33 >>gentoo-dev mailing list
34 >>gentoo-dev@g.o
35 >>http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev
36 >
37 >
38 >
39 > --
40 > begin .signature
41 > This is a .signature virus! Please copy me into your .signature!
42 > See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information.
43 > end

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Netscape Packages Spider <spider@g.o>